What's in a name?

Almost everyone here knows that I teach in the Mecca of Education. Today I was doing some filing work for my department and came across a compete roster of the students who attend our benign institution. I have to share some of the names I encountered. Believe me, folks, I couldn't make this up if I tried!

Caress Smith

Rayon Ashford (Does he have a brother named "Dacron"?)

Rebecca Smelley

Lovely Boyce

Unique Hunter

Jubilant Reid

Essence Smith

Memorial Jordan

Timothy McJunkey

Baby Love Johnson

Prancer Cox

Shirley Du Jour (she's gotta be a stripper outside of school!)

L'Oreal Spooner (named after the hair products?)

Quiana Leak

Lilawatter Rojas

Lake Cosman

Adult Johnson

Victorie Joseph-Davis

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the best i had was purple rain fredericks. when i gave him his first failing grade i told him that this is what it sounds like when doves cry.

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Oh......my.......GOSH! Those are too funny. I'm trying to think of any funny names that I've come across...but naturally I can't!

Lmao Dollypop! I knew a woman named Ima Hogg once. And my mother's first serious boyfriend was boyfriend was named Izzy Ronnie (i've heard this got sorta confusing for my mom's friends since my mom's name is Ronnie). I'll try to think of more.....

dollypop, that's not very professional - can't you get in trouble for this?!?

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Papa I loved that. Did his jaw drop open?

I can't believe someone would name their child Adult Johnson.
It's just sick.

Miss Cook. Who taught cooking.

There is an urban legend that there are two brothers with the first names Lemonjello and Oranjello.

I knew a Fairybelle Kennedy, and went to school with a Japanese girl called Yuminko Mishima, known as 'Yumi' (YOO-mee), but who had to continually correct a rather impish teacher who kept deliberately mis-pronouncing her name. She got very annoyed, and rightly so: "My name is NOT 'Yummy'!"

And there was a 19th century American Painter called Ignatz Gaugengiegel. (Gau-gen-gee-gull: all hard 'g's)

There was a very pretty 1940s actress named Cleatus Caldwell, who was in one known film, a musical called SUSIE STEPS OUT (1946).

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Updated On: 3/13/04 at 05:19 PM

My sister worked with a nice man who had the name Doctor Robinson. I guess his family was giving him a heads up in life but he wasn't a doctor. Imagine Doctor Doctor Robinson?

My friend's doctor's name is Dick Weiner. Hah.

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Not that funny, but I thought this was cute. I knew a girl named Imunique. She was a biotch!

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No swearing is allowed on these boards. Remember what happened to Corine.

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There's a local named Richard Bieter (and yes, it's pronounced THAT way, I've met him.)

Also a realtor named Dick Hammer.